Voice From the End Of Town

Voice From The End of Town is about my life, my heart written in a blog. It's about how I live my life, my relationship with Christ and the effect my Christianity has on my life. It's about my faith and the terrible as well as the wonderful amazing things that have happened.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Have you ever looked at Genesis and considered what it says about the natural world, human identity, human relationships or civilization? Have you contemplated the worldview it represents or how that does or should affect your worldview?

Genesis chapters 1-11 take us from the Creation event through the death of Abel, at the hands of Cain, to the tower of Babel. In those eleven chapters a strong biblical worldview is laid out if we are willing to examine it.

While working towards my AA in Religion back in 2013 during a survey course of the Old Testament, I was required to really examine the book. Once examined I had to write an essay regarding Genesis chapters 1-11. I was required to identify what Genesis 1-11 taught regarding the natural world, human identity, human relationships, and civilization and then to address how this teaching affects or has affected my worldview. I had to attempt to be concise and yet careful to address each topic within certain time and word count restraints. Below I share with you the product of my examination with no edit of content and only the addition of sectional headings.

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Introduction

Genesis chapter 1
begins with the creation of all things including the creation of man in the
image of God.It is the “beginning of
the human race and the beginning of the Hebrew race.” (Hindson & Yates, 2012, p 51).Through the
intervening chapters we are immersed in the revelation of God's great power and
humanities depravity.God shows us how
willing he is to bring mankind back into a right relationship with
himself.By the end of chapter 11 we
come to the account of Terah who became the father of Abram.In these chapters, if we will look closely we
will see and understand what God would have us know about our natural world,
human identity as well as human relationships and civilization as a whole.

Natural World

Through
these chapters God shows us that our world was truly created for us and for our
use.This natural world around us shows
us that there is a creator and he has a plan for everyone and everything. Genesis 1:11 explains to us how God called
forth the seed bearing herbs, grasses and fruit trees to yield after their own
kind.In Genesis 1:21, 24 & 25God created water, air and land animals all
to produce after their own kind.He
placed a light in the sky for daytime and a minor light for night.Our natural world displays order at all times
whereas mankind following evolutionary

Thursday, August 17, 2017

While I've been away from my blog, I have been pursuing a bachelors in Biblical and Theological Studies. As part of my work recently, we've been discussing the letters to the angels of the seven churches in the book of Revelation. During a discussion board one of my classmates chose to discuss the church of Smyrna and below you will find an edited version of my reply. I share this with the hope to do two things. First, I hope to make you think about what true persecution looks like as I recently had a classmate refer to having their faith questioned as a matter of persecution. Sadly, I believe that many who say they have a saving faith in Christ relate many petty things to an "environment of persecution" they feel they are under.... when, in truth, there is no such "environment" around them. Secondly, I hope to encourage those who truly are undergoing persecution for their faith that the opposite of what the persecutors want will happen.

Smyrna, the
persecuted church, is likely one that many today do not want to take a closer
look at even though they received praise with no rebuke from Christ.I think this has everything to do with the
idea of persecution. I believe a quote
that would be useful in application to the church of Smyrna compared to today’s
church is in the book, "The Book of Revelation Unlocking the
Future."Hindson, the author, said,
“It is difficult, if not impossible, for most modern Christians to comprehend
what it must be like to risk all you have for Christ.Most of us struggle with concerns about
public embarrassment or social rejection.We know little or nothing about laying down our lives for the gospel.”[1]This statement clearly speaks to our current
struggle in the church today.

In reference to
persecution, it occurred to me how perfect the name Smyrna was for the
town/church.According to Hindson,
“Ancient Smyrna was named for a perfume

Monday, January 9, 2017

Integrity
- It means honesty, truthfulness, honor, veracity, reliability…basic
uprightness…etc. Do we as Christians understand what integrity means in
regards to the Word of God?

I believe the answer is no.

I’ve spent the last year in deep study of the word of God in
pursuit of my degrees and the one thing that I keep coming across within Christian
circles is a lack of integrity when it comes to the Word of God.

Don’t misunderstand…it’s not a lack of integrity with the
Bible. Its integrity is intact. No, I’m talking about the very people whose
responsibility to the Word of God shows a lack of integrity not only in how
they conduct themselves but more so in how they represent Him and specifically His
word.

The Word of God IS GOD’s WORD.

It is infallible. It is unbreakable. It is unstoppable.

It is VALID, UNCHANGING, AND UNCOMPROMISING.

Is this how the church has been representing the Word of
God? Is this how you as a pastor or
layman in the church has been representing the Word of God?

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Have you ever thought what it must have been like for Abram when God spoke to him and told him to leave all he knew and go to a land that God would show him?

God told him to leave his father's household, his people and even his country. God wanted to bless him and through him bless the whole world but to do so it was necessary that he be separated from all he was familiar with.

Abram was to be breathed on by God and in the process not only would his name be changed but his destiny would be also.

We kind of gloss over this part of his story and tend to go straight to what a man of faith he was to take his son up on a mountain and prepare to sacrifice him but his faith didn't start there.

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Anyone that has paid attention in the last 30 years has heard or seen the issues that have made headlines in regards to pastors and their pulpits. It seems we can't get through a few years without a man or women in places of leadership doing something that dishonors Christ's name. Books have even been written explaining the pastoral culture issues, the symptoms and giving solutions. I'll refer to one below and then we'll see how this is really an "everybody problem."

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Hi. I'm Patricia Townsend, writer & author of Voice From The End of Town.

I blog from my life and my heart. I write about
my life, my relationship with Christ and my Christianity, about my
faith including the terrible as well as the wonderful amazing things
that have happened and the lessons I've learned and am still learning
along the way.

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